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Coherent (United States)

In research, Coherent (United States) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,632 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physics and Astronomy (Physics and Astronomy is 5.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,185
of 22,385 · #6,761 all time
Rank in United States
#1,398
of 3,332
Research works
1.4k
▲ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
15k
11.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.95×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Coherent (United States)

What is Coherent (United States) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,632 of 10,670 4.4%108 #3619

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Coherent (United States) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Coherent (United States) work in?

In 2022-now, 59% of research at Coherent (United States) is in Physical Sciences, 27% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (23%), Social Sciences (15%), Physics and Astronomy (13%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 155 fractional works · 58.7% of its workEngineering: 60 fractional works · 22.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 33 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 34 fractional works · 12.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 17 fractional works · 6.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 7 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInstrumentation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 30 fractional works · 11.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 5.5% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 18 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 12 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 70 fractional works · 26.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 40 fractional works · 15.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 13 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPublic Administration: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 20 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 5.9% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 6.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCoherent (UnitedStates)263fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences59%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences27%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6022.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy3412.8%
    3. Computer Science3011.5%
    4. Environmental Science186.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences62.3%
    6. Materials Science41.4%
    7. Chemistry20.7%
    8. Mathematics10.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences4015.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting83.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities72.5%
    4. Decision Sciences62.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.1%
    6. Psychology41.7%
    1. Medicine155.9%
    2. Health Professions31.3%
    3. Nursing20.6%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology103.9%
    2. Neuroscience52.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Coherent (United States) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physics and Astronomy takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Physics and AstronomyField · 33.8 works5.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.74× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.26× its world share, 5 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.48× its world share, 30 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.51× its world share, 60 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.39× its world share, 18 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.77× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.19× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.86× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.21× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.98× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.55× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 40 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Physics and Astronomy5.77×34 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.21×6 works
  3. Engineering1.51×60 works
  4. Computer Science1.48×30 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.44×6 works
  6. Environmental Science1.39×18 works
  7. Neuroscience1.26×5 works
  8. Social Sciences1.20×40 works
  9. Nursing1.19×2 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×8 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.98×6 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.86×6 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.74×10 works
  14. Psychology0.55×4 works
  15. Health Professions0.49×3 works
  16. Chemistry0.45×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.41×4 works
  18. Medicine0.31×16 works
  19. Mathematics0.27×1 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×2 works
  21. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  22. Energy0.06×0 works
  23. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Coherent (United States)?

Ranked on the quality score, Murray K. Reed, Berton E. Callicoatt and Daniel K. Negus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Coherent (United States).

  1. 1 Murray K. Reed United States · #1,977,320 worldwide 1k citations · 57 works
  2. 2 Berton E. Callicoatt United States · #2,177,475 worldwide 491 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Daniel K. Negus United States · #2,237,920 worldwide 825 citations · 29 works
  4. 4 Christian St-Louis United States · #2,265,923 worldwide 6 citations · 38 works
  5. 5 J. A. L. Thomson United States · #2,281,734 worldwide 933 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Terry L. Nichols United States · #2,355,539 worldwide 377 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Michael K. Steiner-Shepard United States · #2,386,703 worldwide 323 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Arthur Baroni United States · #2,518,026 worldwide 443 citations · 30 works
  9. 9 Luis Spinelli United States · #2,609,122 worldwide 559 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Jason Smith United States · #2,855,685 worldwide 0 citations · 59 works
All ranked researchers at Coherent (United States)

What are the most cited papers from Coherent (United States)?

The most cited paper from Coherent (United States) is "Optical Spin-to-Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion in Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media" (Lorenzo Marrucci, Carlo Manzo, Domenico Paparo, 2006), with 2,130 citations. Next come "Measurement of the mixing state, mass, and optical size of individual black carbon particles in urban and biomass burning emissions" (545) and "Computation of Molecular Spectra on a Quantum Processor with an Error-Resilient Algorithm" (482).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Optical Spin-to-Orbital Angular Momentum Conversion in Inhomogeneous Anisotropic Media Lorenzo Marrucci, Carlo Manzo, Domenico Paparo · Physical Review Letters Open access 28 Apr 2006 2,130
2 Measurement of the mixing state, mass, and optical size of individual black carbon particles in urban and biomass burning emissions Joshua Peter Schwarz, R. S. Gao, J. Ryan Spackman et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Jul 2008 545
3 Computation of Molecular Spectra on a Quantum Processor with an Error-Resilient Algorithm James Colless, Vinay Ramasesh, Dar Dahlen et al. · Physical Review X Open access 12 Feb 2018 482
4 Slow relaxation and compaction of granular systems Patrick R. Richard, Mario Nicodemi, Renaud Delannay et al. · Nature Materials Open access Feb 2005 440
5 Coherent laser radar at 2 mu m using solid-state lasers Sammy W. Henderson, Paul Suni, Charley P. Hale et al. · IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing 1993 423
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Coherent (United States)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Institutional Theory, Performance Measurement, Collaborative Governance, Public Management Reform, Resilience, Social-Ecological Systems, Sustainability Transitions and Nonlinear Optics.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Institutional Theory14▲ 53×3 topics
  2. Performance Measurement11▲ 16×2 topics
  3. Renewable Energy11▲ 2.8×8 topics
  4. Machine Learning10▲ 1.20×31 topics
  5. Collaborative Governance10▲ 180×1 topic
  6. Public Management Reform10▲ 215×1 topic
  7. Resilience10▲ 7.9×5 topics
  8. Social-Ecological Systems9▲ 26×1 topic
  9. Sustainability Transitions9▲ 111×1 topic
  10. Nonlinear Optics9▲ 33×4 topics
  11. Big Data8▲ 3.1×10 topics
  12. Fiber Lasers8▲ 32×3 topics
  13. Raman Lasers8▲ 28×2 topics
  14. Organizational Change8▲ 37×2 topics
  15. Optical Fiber6▲ 23×3 topics
  16. Frequency Conversion6▲ 57×3 topics
  17. Affordances6▲ 84×2 topics
  18. Technology5▲ 3.8×4 topics
  19. Microresonators5▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Optical Modulators4▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Social Movements4▲ 5.8×4 topics
  22. Integrated Circuits4▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Silicon Photonics4▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Quantum Gravity4▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Information Systems4▲ 9.2×3 topics
  26. Design Science4▲ 155×1 topic
  27. Gas Sensing4▲ 36×2 topics
  28. Market Dynamics4▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Microcavities4▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Microwave Photonics4▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Sociomateriality4▲ 155×1 topic
  32. Entanglement4▲ 9.9×4 topics
  33. Solid-State Lasers4▲ 99×1 topic
  34. Ytterbium4▲ 99×1 topic
  35. High-Power Laser4▲ 80×1 topic
  36. Nanophotonic Waveguides4▲ 16×1 topic
  37. Supercontinuum Generation4▲ 80×1 topic
  38. Whispering Gallery Mode4▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Institutional Entrepreneurship4▲ 52×1 topic
  40. Quantum Information4▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Coherent (United States) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Public Policy and Administration Research, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Information Systems Theories and Implementation and Solid State Laser Technologies.

Public Policy and Admini…10Public Policy and Administration Research: 10 fractional worksSustainability and Climate Change Governance: 9 fractional worksInformation Systems Theories and Implementation: 4 fractional worksSolid State Laser Technologies: 4 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 4 fractional worksPhotonic Crystal and Fiber Optics: 4 fractional worksManagement and Organizat…4Management and Organizational Studies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Laser Technologies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 3 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 3 fractional works
Public AdministrationGlobal and Planetary ChangeSociology and Political ScienceElectrical and Electronic Engineering2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Public Policy and Administration Research Public Administration 10 works
  2. 2 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  3. 3 Information Systems Theories and Implementation Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Solid State Laser Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  6. 6 Photonic Crystal and Fiber Optics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  7. 7 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 4 works
  9. 9 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works
  10. 10 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 3 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.0%not open61.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.9%domestic only78.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Coherent (United States)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Coherent (United States) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Coherent (United States)0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Coherent (United States) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Coherent (United States)4.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 1991.

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